Urges all States to adopt effective measures to put an end to the arbitrary arrest and detention of migrants and to take action to prevent and punish any form of illegal deprivation of liberty of migrants by individuals or groups;
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
Governance & Rule of Law
Movement
Person(s) affected
Persons on the move
Year
2005
Paragraph type
OP
Reference
UNGA resolution, Protection of migrants (2005), A/RES/60/169, OP 19.